Asking prices in 2018 are tipped to rise at the slowest rate in six years, with Rightmove predicting growth of one per cent across England and Wales next year. This is an even slower rate of annual growth than the 1.2 per cent recorded this year, and is the lowest year-on-year increase since the 0.8 per […]

Former local authority housing in the right area is good value now that buy-to-let investors are no longer bidding. Here’s where and how to look. Now that stamp duty hikes and the removal of tax relief on mortgage interest have largely driven buy-to-let investors from the market for ex-local authority homes, the choice for first-time […]

Struggling would-be London home buyers should get some breathing room over the next three years, but a price bump is expected in the medium to long term House prices in the North of England are expected to outperform London and the South East over the next five years, according to the most recent price forecast from […]

Stamp duty to be abolished immediately for first-time buyers purchasing properties worth up to £300,000 To help those in London and other expensive areas, the first £300,000 of the cost of a £500,000 purchase by all first-time buyers will be exempt from stamp duty, with the remaining £200,000 incurring 5%. 95% of all first-time buyers […]

City Quay Translators, the highest quality translation agency with office in City of London, has announced partnering Hamblin Sullivan Associates (HSA). Hamblin Sullivan Associates is the leading firm of chartered building surveyors & Engineers with offices in Central London and St Albans. City Quay Translators will provide professional translation and localisation services to […]

Hamblin Sullivan Associates Surveyors (HSA), the leading firm of chartered building surveyors with offices in Central London and St Albans, has announced partnering SAM Conveyancing to provide RICS building surveys and valuations as part of its bespoke home buying service. SAM Conveyancing offers all its clients a seamless home buying experience using their team of […]